Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-21 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong police investigating case in which a 59-year-old man was allegedly duped into sham green bond investment scheme over two years
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[2026-08-21 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- A man suspected of smuggling illegal drugs into South Korea has been caught and repatriated to Seoul after being on the run for 18 years overseas, police said Friday.
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[2026-08-21 17:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Police are investigating the deaths of two brothers in their 40s and 50s at an apartment in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, on Friday.
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[2026-08-21 17:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: National Police and Civil Guard officers escorted migrants to temporary reception sites at Loma Margarita and El Embolsamiento. More than 1,200 people had been transferred by late morning, while local reports put the total at up to 1,700. The beach was later cleared, although some migrants returned. Spain has prepared space for around 1,800 people in military facilities and tents, with further sites due to open in the coming days.
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[2026-08-21 17:11 UTC+10:00] [Australian security and counter-terrorism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Vladmir Teslov, 27, charged after allegedly seeking to provide information about Ukrainian forces to ‘Russian intelligence services’
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[2026-08-21 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ho Man-kit, 40, earlier pleaded guilty to selling 423 company laptops to recycler to fund stock trading
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[2026-08-21 17:04 UTC+10:00] [laptop] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ho Man-kit, 40, earlier pleaded guilty to selling 423 company laptops to recycler to fund stock trading
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[2026-08-21 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Chantelle Al-Khouri
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[2026-08-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The attack began shortly after midnight on 20 August and lasted for nearly nine hours. In Solomianskyi, the upper floors of a nine-storey apartment block were destroyed, killing at least eight people and leaving others trapped beneath the rubble. Emergency crews rescued 12 residents as they searched the wreckage for survivors.
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[2026-08-21 16:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-08-21 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Preston, United Kingdom – Five Palestine Action activists in the UK are set to hear whether terrorism-linked offences could be included in their sentencing.
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[2026-08-21 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Authorities in the Central African Republic have closed an artisanal gold mine near the Cameroon border after a landslide killed at least 49 people, according to the official toll. Local sources say the death toll could be around 100, with many miners still missing.
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[2026-08-21 16:27 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: PRINCE HARRY. Britain's Prince Harry leaves High Court on the day of the first week of a nine-week trial lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, which Britain's Prince Harry and others are suing over allegations of privacy breaches dating back 30 years, in London, Britain, January 20, 2026.
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[2026-08-21 16:24 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warning: Graphic content
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[2026-08-21 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: British rapper Yung Filly, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, leaves the Western Australian District Court in Perth, Australia, on July 27, 2026. (Aaron Bunch/AAP Image via AP)
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[2026-08-21 16:21 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The body of a teenage inmate at Melbourne’s maximum security women’s prison remained in an outdoor yard for almost two hours before it was discovered, a court has been told.
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[2026-08-21 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Decision of court in Guangdong province against developer’s main onshore unit Hengda Real Estate punctuates company’s long undoing
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[2026-08-21 16:21 UTC+10:00] [Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Decision of court in Guangdong province against developer’s main onshore unit Hengda Real Estate punctuates company’s long undoing
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[2026-08-21 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Attrition rates and the wellbeing of officers have been the focus of discussion at this week's Northern Territory Police Association conference in Darwin. (ABC News: Tristan Hooft)
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[2026-08-21 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Affirming a Court of Appeals (CA) decision, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that courts may make a provisional determination on whether a party is alive or deceased in an ejectment case, when such a finding is necessary to resolve the issue of who holds the right to possess the property.
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[2026-08-21 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wayne Michael Ludbey was assisted by his brother Brady in the assault of the teenager. (Facebook: Wayne Ludbey)
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[2026-08-21 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-21 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Senior Australian Federal Police officer Trent Madders pleaded guilty to making false sworn legal statements. (ABC News)
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[2026-08-21 15:37 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two men have been charged as part of an ongoing probe into Australia’s largest cocaine seizure.
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[2026-08-21 15:36 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: WAITING FOR VERDICT. Police officers stand guard outside West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts after former leaders of a disbanded group that organized annual Tiananmen Square vigils were found guilty of inciting subversion of state power over calls to end one-party rule, in Hong Kong, China, August 21, 2026.
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[2026-08-21 15:31 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former defence force chief Mark Binskin may return to Israel to follow up his initial investigation into the fatal drone strike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom as Israel seeks to calm the Australian government’s anger over a decision not to prosecute the officers involved in her killing.
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[2026-08-21 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo shows a deadly fire at a pachinko parlor in Osaka, western Japan, July 5, 2009. (Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-08-21 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A 47-year-old man appears in court for threatening to kill Pauline Hanson. (ABC News: Keane Bourke)
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[2026-08-21 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Agricultural Workers
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[2026-08-21 14:45 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Witness tells court veteran radio host’s hand was under table and that complainant C later looked ‘very upset’
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[2026-08-21 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese (5) reacts in the second half of an WNBA basketball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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[2026-08-21 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Construction has ramped along the Gold Coast's sought-after southern coastline. (ABC Gold Coast: Dominic Cansdale)
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[2026-08-21 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military killed a Palestinian man during a raid in Jenin after he resisted an arrest attempt, according to Al Jazeera citing health sources.
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[2026-08-21 14:17 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Lawyers for two of the women involved in the Sydney Swans alleged sexual assault incident in a Melbourne hotel room are preparing to launch legal action in the Victorian Supreme Court against the five players and the club.
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[2026-08-21 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US woman has been charged with plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol building and then flee the country to join ISIS.
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[2026-08-21 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- Two of the three Sri Lankans who helped rescue two Air Force pilots from the Yellow Sea four years ago were granted long-term residency visas Friday, the justice ministry said.
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[2026-08-21 13:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-21 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Hong Kong court has found two pro-democracy activists guilty on national security charges in a trial widely viewed as exemplifying the erosion of freedom of expression in the Chinese city.
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[2026-08-21 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan (left) and Chow Hang-tung (right) attend a gathering to mourn those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in June, 2020. (AP Photo: Kin Cheung, File)
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[2026-08-21 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY — Three people were killed and another was wounded in separate gun attacks in Maguindanao provinces on Thursday, Aug. 20, despite the implementation of an election gun ban ahead of next month’s Bangsamoro Parliamentary Election, police said.
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[2026-08-21 13:25 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Swans AFLW captain Lucy McEvoy and coach Colin O’Riordan are speaking for the first time since five of the club’s men’s players were stood down for breaching club standards, and a police investigation into an alleged sexual assault continues.
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[2026-08-21 13:14 UTC+10:00] [Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Man, 32, charged with six counts of rape, stalking and assault after woman was allegedly attacked in Brookfield
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[2026-08-21 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump appeared Thursday on his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's radio show, holding a stunning public reunion with the man who once called him a "Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain” and testified against him both in court and before Congress.
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[2026-08-21 13:06 UTC+10:00] [Mindanao] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-21 12:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The leader of an overseas hacking ring that stole more than 38 billion won ($27.4 million) by targeting wealthy figures was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday.
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[2026-08-21 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Police say a five-year-old girl died in a house fire in Lake Macquarie. (ABC News)
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[2026-08-21 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HONG KONG — Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted Friday in a national security case brought under a China-imposed law that has effectively crushed the city’s previously thriving pro-democracy movement.
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[2026-08-21 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sunao Takami doused the Osaka venue with petrol and set it on fire in 2009, killing four customers and one employee
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[2026-08-21 12:38 UTC+10:00] [justice ministry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sunao Takami doused the Osaka venue with petrol and set it on fire in 2009, killing four customers and one employee
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[2026-08-21 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BUSAN, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- A former pilot was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering an airline captain and plotting to kill five other former colleagues.
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